The results do seem a bit strange. I'm curious to know the exact method they used for their evaluation. The accompanying text mentions criteria such as "level o

The results do seem a bit strange. I'm curious to know the exact method they used for their evaluation. The accompanying text mentions criteria such as "level of traffic congestion, air quality, and personal safety," but given that Honolulu came in at 28, they couldn't have given much weight to cost of living, could they? Also, I'm guessing crime as a metric probably skews the results away from American cities, generally. America's per capita murder rate is much higher than european countries', for example. I think those of us who are upper/middle class are often insulated from the crime and social problems that exist -- usually in areas we never venture -- in certain portions of our cities and thus forget that, taken as a whole, our cities may not be as nice as we imagine them to be.